Search results matching tag 'ATI'

RE: ATI Radeon HD 5970 Dual-GPU Powerhouse Review

Dave_HH — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:53:04 GMT

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Re: Installing my ATI Radeon 9200 SE BIOS PROBLEMS!!!

j-pr — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:13:37 GMT

Check the AGP mode in the BIOS(4x, 8x, auto) in my AsRock Mobo. I solved many problems by setting the mode to 4x for my 9200, Oh, and for gaming it's probably too obsolete. And while running vista my Exp. Index came down to 1.0 with this card

Re: 1st DX11 benchmark

3vi1 — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 01:46:09 GMT

They're supposed to be releasing the Linux version by December, with full tessellation support. Apparently there are some bugs that need squashing in the AMD/ATi driver and they're waiting for the new versions to be released.

RE: AMD ATI Radeon HD 5870 DirectX 11 GPU Review

3vi1 — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 21:23:06 GMT

I can't disagree (I prefer nVidia cards in my Linux boxes for the very reasons you cited), but the ATI situation is improving now that ATI opened up their docs (which nVidia has yet to do):

- 2.6.32 has open source kernel mode setting and 3D support for newer ATI cards.

- The 5870 should work with the already released 9.9 drivers, as opposed to the situation where I've bought a brand new nVidia card (9600GT) and had to wait over two months for them to release a proprietary Linux driver.

- The ATI drivers are performing more in line with their Windows counterparts nowadays. It used to be really atrocious though: I remember years back when I had a GF4400 and ATI9600XT card: On windows the ATI would win in the benchmarks... under Linux the ATI would run at about 1/3rd speed of the nVidia card.

So, if the trend of improvement from ATI continues, it's not improbable that we won't see the competition in the Linux sector get a bit tighter... with all the resulting consumer benefits. :)

ATI Class Action lawsuit anyone?

digitaldd — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 13:36:21 GMT

http://www.aticlassaction.com/

The Court in charge of this case is the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, and the case is known as In re ATI Tech. HDCP Litigation, Case No. 5:06-CV-01303-JW. The people who sued are called Plaintiffs, and the companies they sued, ATI Technologies, Inc. (now known as ATI Technologies ULC), ATI Technologies Systems Corp., ATI Research Silicon Valley Inc., and ATI Research, Inc. are called the Defendants. Plaintiffs claim that the graphics cards listed in the class member definition below were marketed as “HDCP ready,” “HDCP compliant,” or “HDCP capable,” or otherwise conforming to High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection (“HDCP”) specifications for the transmission of HDCP content. Defendants deny the allegations and have asserted many defenses. The Court has not made any findings on this issue, and the settlement is not an admission of wrongdoing by any party.

The parties agreed to the proposed settlement to avoid the cost and risk of continued litigation. The class representatives and their attorneys think the settlement is in the best interests of the class members.

You are a class member if, while residing in the United States, you purchased for your own personal use and not for resale an ATI graphics card (that means a card built by or for ATI, not by or for another company such as Asus, Diamond, Gigabyte, Palit, Sapphire, or VisionTek) from one of the following series: Radeon® 9550; Radeon® 9800; Radeon® x700; Radeon® x800; Radeon® x850; Radeon® x1300; Radeon® x1600; Radeon® x1800; Radeon® x1900; All-in-Wonder® 9800; All-in-Wonder® 2006; All-in-Wonder® x600; All-in-Wonder® x800; All-in-Wonder® x1800; All-in-Wonder® x1900; or any FireGL® or FireMV® series of graphics cards. You must have made your purchase during the period from January 1, 2003 to March 31, 2006.

If the Court approves the proposed settlement, you may be eligible to receive a new ATI graphics card.

I believe the card they are offereing is a PCI Express version of the Radeon HD 3650 w/ 512MB DDR2

RE: AMD Reports Fourth Quarter and Annual Results

3vi1 — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 21:26:21 GMT

>> Actually, the results are pretty encouraging.

Yeah, they would encourage me to sell their stock.

In the last few years the value of their stock has dropped from $40ish to $2ish. I see delisting in the future.

>> Hopefully next year it will be more positive.

"AMD expects first quarter 2009 revenue to decrease from the fourth quarter 2008".

With all the scurrying to restructure (http://www.zdnetasia.com/news/hardware/0,39042972,62046915,00.htm) I would expect bankruptcy sometime before mid 2010, unless the entire economy turns around.

>> Plus with ATI starting with the release of the 3870 they have had a cost/performance performance level over Nvidia for two years straight now

nVidia's been destroying them for that entire period: http://www.i4u.com/article17119.html

>> The general public wants the simplest solution to the problem.

The public wants the cheapest solution. Intel really messed up AMD's price/performance ratio a generation back.

>> Where do you think multimedia operating systems, netbooks, notebook advancement, home servers, games, internet shopping, moblie GPS, smart phones and many other inovations came from.

The Commodore-Amiga, Palm/ARM, everywhere, everywhere, no specific company, etc. etc. ? I'm not sure what that has to do with anything because I don't see any predominantly-AMD association with any of those things.

the old 4850hd vs 9800gtx+ dilemma

stubblep00 — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 14:04:02 GMT

A message from my brother who is making forays into the world of custom pc's

Hello,
I am building a new pc primarily for gaming.For graphics I want either the 4850hd or the 9800gtx+, both of which cost the same in Hong Kong where I live. In all the reviews/benchmarks the two are seemingly equal (unless price is the issue which it is not here). They both can play crysis etc. with more than 30 fps so I dont really care about either of them being better at that- what I care about is how they are going to perform on future games as i dont want to upgrade my pc for at least 3-4 years. I do not want to sli/crossfire either.
Thanks
Chris

Re: ATI Radeon HD 4850 and 4870: RV770 Has Arrived

Marco C — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 02:18:10 GMT

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ATI Radeon HD 4850 RV770 Sneak Peek

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 14:11:59 GMT

As many of you are no doubt aware, AMD is about to release a new line of ATI Radeon graphics cards based on the GPU that was internally codenamed RV770. Cards based on the GPU were supposed to launch next week, on June 25 to be specific, but due to some unforeseen circumstances, we are able to offer you some preliminary information and benchmark scores a little early.

Like the RV670 used on the Radeon HD 3800 series, the RV770 GPU powering the Radeon HD 4850 is manufactured on TSMC's 55nm process node. A full wafer of RV770 dies is pictured to the left. At the heart of the GPU lies 800 stream processors, which give it considerably more muscle than the previous generation. Of course, there is more to the RV770 than just having more stream processors, but we have to save that information for the official launch.

For now, we can show you what the card looks like, tell you its basic specifications, and provide some preliminary performance information.

ATI Radeon HD 4850 (RV770)

Sapphire Radeon HD 4850

The Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 you see pictured here has a core GPU clock speed of 625MHz with 512MB of GDDR3 memory clocked at 993MHz. The memory is connected to the GPU via a 256-bit memory bus. The card is cooled by a single slot, copper fansink, that remained relatively quiet during our brief testing, but man did it get hot. The drivers reported an idle temperature of around 80'C, and the card was way too hot to touch. Pricing for the card is expected to be set at $199.

NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX+

Of course, NVIDIA caught wind of the impending Radeon HD 4850 launch and was prepping a product to rain on AMD's parade. Out of the blue, a couple of graphics cards arrived here in the lab based on a "new" GPU from NVIDIA. What you see pictured above is the upcoming GeForce 9800 GTX+.

What does the "+" designate you ask? Well, this card is based on a 55nm version of the G92 - down from 65nm on previous products. The GeForce 9800 GTX+ will arrive with an MSRP of $229, which is much lower than what current GeForce 9800 GTX cards are selling for, so expect the GTX+ to push the current GTX down into the sub-$200 price bracket in the coming weeks (think mid-July).

The GeForce 9800 GTX+ offers a GPU clock speed of 738MHz, a shader clock of 1836MHz, and 512MB of GDDR3 Memory clocked at 1.1GHz (2.2GHz DDR). Like the current 9800 GTX, the new card will support 2- and 3-Way SLI configurations. Unfortunately, we do not have a driver to test the GTX+ just yet, but we will soon, so stay tuned. For now, here's how the Radeon HD 4850 stacks up to a handful of other cards in a few games and benchmarks...

As you can see, the Radeon HD 4850 fares quite well in all of the tests. It's not quite as fast as the new GeForce GTX 260, but keep in mind that card carries an MSRP that is double that of the 4850. With the small sampling of tests we ran, so far, it seems like the Radeon HD 4850 will edge out a stock GeForce 9800 GTX and hang with the Radeon HD 3870 X2. Stop back next week for the full story.

Re: AMD Launches ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2

THEODOROS321 — Thu, 15 May 2008 19:39:07 GMT

Hi there,

I have a 17 inch LCD monitor 1280*1024 32bit, Intel Core 2 Duo E6300 @ 3.262GHz 466FSB ORTHOS,PRIME,OCCT,SANDRA,AND OTHER FULLY STABLE (1.86GHz Default) with Gigabyte GA-P35-DQ6 Motherboard (Rev. X.X WITH F7 BIOS) with 2GB Kingston Hyper-X 800MHz Memory modules in Dual Channel Mode (128bit - 64bit*2).I'm using ATI GFX-Cards FOREVER and the reason is because i don't know what the Bench sites are saying or doing but every time that i was trust any of the benchmarks i was pissed off because is like they are saying lies to me at least.Finally i want to make something about the ATI HD3870 clear and not for the ATI HD3870 X2 is that in any game i'm playing the frames are about 60F.P.S.(Frames Per Second) and up, not at least in any time of the game drops below of that at ALL FULL GRAPHICS and all Details Cranked Up - AA16X,HDR and so on...... and something else those 55nm babes and not 65nm are so easy overclockable ~1000MHz+++ core (stock cooling- within VGA BIOS modifications).